Flood Danger Mares Repeats Warning Bellinger to the Hunter. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 April 1931 · page 5
The State meteorologist, Mr. Mares, expects violent rains within the next 24 hours, and warnings have been issued to shipping, and residents of the central and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain Northern Roads Blocked Deluge at Newcastle Steamer Orara Ten Hours Late Newcastle
Daily Examiner · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 4
Heavy rain throughout the district last night caused residents in some parts to spend an anxious time. At Cessnock the water entered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grafton Show. Heavy Rain Escaped
Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 3
Grafton was fortunate in escaping the heavy rainfall experienced further south for the Royal Show this week, Numbers of people from this district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boy Drowned Waded Into Flooded Creek. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 1
Keith Redman, 15, was caught by a strong current while wading in a swollen creek near Bulladelah yesterday after, a rabbit, and was drowned. His brother,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Deluge on Hastings 16 Inches in Three Days Large Areas Inundated. Wauchope
Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 5
The Hastings River has been deluged with torrential rain during the past three days, the total to 7 o'clock to-night being about 16…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deluge on Lower North Coast Sixteen Inches In Three Days Hunter, Manning and Hastings Rivers Rise Lowlying Lands Inundated -- Roads Blocked Flood Waters Interfere With Railway Services Serious Floods Narrowly Averted Cloudburst in Sydney -- Manly Suffers Severely
Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 5
Falls of rain aggregating up to 16 inches in a period of three days fell over the watersheds of the Hunter, Manning and Hastings Rivers up to yesterday morning, raising fears of further serious inundations. The position, however, improved somewhat during the day, although reports from Wanchope…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Rains on Hunter Water Invades Mines Water Reaches Railway Lines. Newcastle
Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 5
Heavy rain continued throughout the day, and the floods this afternoon had assumed alarming proportions in many parts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain on Tweed. Murwillumbah
Daily Examiner · Monday 27 April 1931 · page 2
Between nine and 10 inches of rain fell on the Tweed,yesterday, resulting in the main arms of the river and creeks overflowing, while the main river rose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Falling Hundreds of Homes Flooded. Maitland
Daily Examiner · Monday 27 April 1931 · page 2
With the cessation of rain, the Hunter River commenced to fall, and the position is now much easier. Hundreds of homes have been flooded and over 1000 people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Down South. Mails Delayed
Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 2
The rainfall registered at Coffs Harbour post office, for the week from Monday last until yesterday totalled 970 points. Very heavy rain fell on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Victim Girl's Body Found. Scone
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 1
The body of Hazel Bramley, 10 years, who with her brother, Lawrence, eight years, was drowned in the floods on Friday was found in a creek half a mile…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Main Street Flood At Lismore Some Houses Under Water Six Feet Below February Inundation. Lismore
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 4
With water several feet deep extending to the hills, which border the town Ayn, Lismore to-day appeared to be surrounded. This was the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Flood Waters Now Receding. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 5
The latest news from Maitland states that the flood waters are receding. While the damages was not so serious as that [?] flood last year the work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Enterprising Farmer Makes Money Out of Flood
Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 4
While scores of farmers suffered as a result of the flood, one man turned it into good effect on the Raymond Terrace to Hexham road on Saturday and Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shut It Down Coff's Harbor Work Labor Member's Idea Hunter River Flood Scheme Instead. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 4
Complete cessation of work on the Coff's Harbor breakwater was advocated by Mr. O'Hearn, Labor member for Maitland, in the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Longest Way Round Proves Shortest Way Home Sugar Delegates' Flood Experience
Daily Examiner · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 4
The Clarence sugar delegates to the Bal[?]na Conference spent longer on the Richmond than they intended on account of the flood conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrific Storm Bellinger District Deluged Bellinger
Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 4
A terrific storm swept down on the B[?]llinger River district from the west this afternoon and in 15 minutes, 118 points of rain were recorded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Riding the Gale in a Dead Calm Paradox of the Winds
Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 7
Alone of all creatines birds in free flight and insects on the wing do not feel a breath of wind that is blowing, no matter how fierce or temp[?]stuous the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disappeared in Flood
Daily Examiner · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 2
Costing £100 to construct six months ago, the Lismore Rowing Club's new premises on the bank of Wilson's Creek disappeared during the flood. No trace was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Law Reform Storm In Parliament Bill Rushed Through "I'll Stop Your Mouth." Sydney
Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 May 1931 · page 5
A storm developed with amazing rapidity in the Legislative Assembly to-night when the Law Reform Bill passed its second reading without…
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